These are Iraqis, have they been attacked by the Americans or the insurgents? No, they have attacked themselves!

Saddaam banned the Shitte festival of Ashura, but last year and this year they started celebrating the festival again in order to commemorate the martyrdom of their idol, Hussayn (Ali's son, and Muhammad's grandson).

[6:137] Thus were the idol worshipers duped by their idols, to the extent of killing their own children.In fact, their idols inflict great pain upon them, and confuse their religion for them. Had GOD willed, they would not have done it. You shall disregard them and their fabrications.

KARBALA, Iraq -- Shiites commemorating their holiest day yesterday flogged themselves with iron chains and sliced their foreheads with swords, slowly turning their cloaks scarlet in a ritual of grief that was banned under ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. For the second year in a row, hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims marked the festival of Ashoura. Millions of pilgrims flock annually to Karbala and its twin city Najaf, two of the holiest Shiite cities
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